Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Robert Frost Reads at Kennedy’s Inauguration

New England
Cold, taciturn creaking birches
yellow leaves gathering in the chimney’s elbow
 outside my window
I remember the way the wind blew through the microphone like thunder
And tossed his white hair across ruddy cheeks
And his voice had that same whispered flutter
The pages flapping, holding on for one last show
While snow threatened

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